AETOS Shoulder System

You may not qualify if:

• Patients who meet any of the following criteria will not qualify for participation in the trial:
• Patient has a contraindication to AETOS.
• Patient is undergoing a revision shoulder replacement surgery including total or partial arthroplasty.
• Patient is indicated for a Hemiarthroplasty.
• Patient has traumatic injury or a fracture.
• Patient has uncontrolled diabetes with a hemoglobin A1C of 7.5 or greater.
• Patient has comorbidities/conditions that preclude proper healing/fixation of the implant.
• Patient has poor quality or insufficient bone stock to support the implant.
• Patient has poor bone quality where there could be considerable migration of the implant and/or a chance of fracture.
• Patient has rapid joint destruction, marked bone loss or bone resorption (e.g., severe osteoporosis).
• Patient has osteomalacia.
• Patient has muscular, neurologic, or vascular deficiencies that may compromise the outcome of the shoulder replacement surgery.
• Patient has a known sensitivity, allergic reaction, and/or known allergies to one or more of the implanted materials.
• Patient has a distant foci of infection which may spread to the implant site, active local or systemic infection, sepsis, or osteomyelitis.
• Patient has an elevation of sedimentation rate, elevation of WBC count, or marked shift in WBC differential count unexplained by other disease.
• +10 more criteria